When industrialist John Pitcairn co-founded Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in 1883, he laid the groundwork for more than a century of business success. Forty years later, his son Raymond founded the Pitcairn Company, which would soon emerge as a leader in personal wealth management services. In 1968, the Pitcairn Company entered the realm of real estate and in the 1980s Pitcairn Properties became an independently owned and operated enterprise.